BSG was retained by the Bergen County Improvement Authority (BCIA) to create a closure plan that would prepare the 100-acre municipal landfill site for redevelopment as a county park using imported recyclable fill. BSG provided the following services:
* Assist BCIA with obtaining funding through the Infrastructure Trust Fund and with drawing against the Fund through processing payment applications * Geotechnical, hydrogeological, and remedial investigations
* Permitting, including landfill closure, both federal and state land use permits, and acceptable use determination for the use of stabilized dredge materials
* Design of the landfill leachate and gas management systems
* Development of site capping and grading plans using recyclable fill and stabilized dredge material
* Groundwater flow and leachate modeling
* Preparation of technical specifications and bid package
* Development of construction quality control/assurance and post closure monitoring plans
* Development of financial plan
* Construction management of the landfill closure, including the placement of over 300,000 cy of stabilized dredge materials in the capping system
* Preparation of protocol for acceptance of recyclable materials to provide for the required fill and the implementation of the landfill closure
* Assist BCIA in approving sources of recyclable materials in accordance with the approved protocol
* Provided construction management and quality assurance services for the management of accepting recyclable material at the Overpeck Site